Open Source, Model Price Cuts Keep AI Costs Under Control

The Information | 24-09-2026 05:59am |

Speakers at The Information’s AI Agenda Live conference in San Francisco on Wednesday said that open-source models and cheaper releases from Anthropic and OpenAI are helping business customers control costs. Amjad Masad, CEO of coding assistant Replit, noted that open-source models add pricing pressure on labs. However, for many companies, it remains unclear how much value they are getting from AI spending.

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